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LAND PLANNING
COLLABORATIVE
Landscafx Archdects • Land Planners

Letter of Transmittal "
Date: November 27, 2007
To: Kevin Barnett
NCDENR
Division of Water Quality
2090 U.S. Hwy. 70
Swannanoa, NC 28778
We are sending: For Your:
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^ Under Separate Cover ^ Approval
^ As requested ^ Review
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RE: Garnet Ridge Preserve
Jackson County, NC
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The Following:
^ Drawings ^ Cost Estimates
^ Specifications ^ Correspondence
Number of pages sent by fax (including this transmittal):
^ Diskette
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Co ies Date Descri tion
1 11/12/07 COE Submittal
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o e M. Grasso, ASLA
Land Planning Collaborative, PA • 77 Central Avenue, Suite A • Asheville, NC 28801
828-253-3600 • FAX [phone]

LAND PLANNING
COLLABORATIVE
Landscape Architects • Lard Planners
letter of Transmittal
Date: December 14, 2007
To: Division of Water Quality
401 Wetlands Unit
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1650
We are sending: For Your:
^ Herewith ^ Use
^ Under Separate Cover ^ Approval
^ As requested ^ Review
The Following:
^ Drawings ^ Cost Estimates
^ Specifications ^ Correspondence
Number of pages sent by fax (including this transmittal):
Via:
^ Mail ^ By Hand
^ FedEx
^ Fax
^ Diskette
^ Other
Co ies Date Descri tion
1 11/12/07 Individual Permit Submittal
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RE: Garnet Ridge Preserve
Jackson County, NC
Land Planning Collaborative, PA • 77 Central Avenue, Suite A • Asheville, NC 28801
828-253-3600 • FAX [phone]

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APPLICATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PERMIT ~ OMB APPROVAL NO. 0710-0003
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number. Please DO NOT RETURN your form to either of those addresses. Completed applications must be submitted to the District Engineer having
jurisdiction over the location of the proposed activity.
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authorities: Rivers and Harbors Act, Section 10, 33 USC 403; Clean Water Act, Section 404, 33 USC 1344; Marine Protection ,Research and
Sanctuaries Act, 33 USC 1413, Section 103. Principal Purpose: Information provided on this form will be used in evaluating the application for a
permit. Routine Uses: This information may be shared with the DepartmenFOf Justice and other federal, state, and local government agencies.
Submission of requested information is voluntary, however, if information is not provided the permit application cannot be evaluated nor can a permit
be issued.
One set of original drawings or good reproducible copies which show the location and character of the proposed activity must be attached to this
application Isee sample drawings and instructions) and be submitted to the District Engineer having jurisdiction over the location of the proposed
activity. An application that is not completed in full will be returned.
1. APPLICATION N0.
2. FIELD OFFICE CODE ~ 3. DATE RECEIVED ~ 4. DATE APPLICATION COMPLETED
l/TEMS RF/ OW TA RF F/1l Fn RV dAAr 1CdA/T
5. APPLICANT'S NAME 8. AUTHORIZED AGENT'S NAME AND TITLE ran apcnt is not reouiredl
Longbranch Properties, LLC Robert Grasso
6. APPLICANT'S ADDRESS 9. AGENT'S ADDRESS
P.O. Box 142 77 Central Avenue, Suite A
Whittier, NC 28789 Asheville, NC 28801
7.. APPLICANT'S PHONE NOS. W/AREA CODE 10. AGENT'S PHONE NOS. W/AREA CODE
a. Residence a. Residence
b. easiness 828-497-2772 I b. Business $2g-253-3600
1 1. STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION
I hereby authorize, Robert Grasso to act in my behalf as my agent in the processing of this application and to
furnish, upon request, supplemental information in support of this permit application.
10/11/06
APPLICANT'S SIGNATURE
c ha.c.l. Co r N b I u. rl.
DATE
NAME, LC~+CATION AND DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT OR ACTIVITY
12. PROJECT NAME OR TITLE )see insrrucYions
Garnet Ridge Preserve
'13. NAME OF VJATERBODY. IF KNOWN rtA„dnwwP,
Long Branch
15. LOCATION OF PROJECT
Jackson North Carolina
14. PROJECT STREET ADDRESS Iil app/icaetel
Garnet Road
Sylva, NC 28779
COUNTY STATE
?6. OTHER LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS, IF KNOWN, tseeinstructiansl
17. DIRECTIONS TO THE SITE
U.S. 441 8 miles south of Dillsboro. Turn left on Pumpkintown Road. Tr=ave,l~,2,~1/2 miles on
Pumpkintown Road. Turn left on Garnet Road. Drive to end of road. , .,~`~ ,,.;.,
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8. Nature Of AGYIVIty (Descrip[ion of project, rnr./urle e/! features)
The subdivision consists of developing 95 +/- lots & 35,000 linear feet of roads. The roads
& stream crossings will be constructed using trackhoes & articulating dumptrucks. Some
accumulation of sediment from road construction has occurred. The sediment has been removed
by hand using shovels & buckets. Some stream bank erosion has occurred at the confluence of
2 culverts. Boulder drop structures are proposed to reduce velocity and stabilize the stream
bank. The stream work will be accomblished using a trackhoe which will not be in the stream.D
19. PfOjeCt PUfpOSe (Describe the reason or purpose of the Project, see instructions)
The construction of roads is for residential subdivision development. The stream mitigation
is proposed to correct stream sedimentation & to stabilize a stream channel.
USE BLOCKS 20-22 IF DREDGED ANDlOR FILL MATERIAL IS TO BE DISCHARGED
20. Reason(s) for Discharge
21. Type4sj of Material Being Discharged and the Amount of Each Tvoe in Cubic Yards
22. Surface Area in Acres of Wetlands or Other Waters Filled rseeinsrrucrionsl
23. Is Any Portion of the Work Already Complete? Yes ~ No IF YES. DESCRIBE THE COMPLETED woRK
All roads & culverts are installed.
24. Addresses of Adjoining Property Owners, Lessees, Etc., Whose Property Adjoins the Waterbody (lf more than can be entered here,
please attach a supplemental list).
Ryan & Debra Alexander
144 Hidden View Lane
Swansea, SC 29160
25. List of Other Certifications or ApprovalslDenials Received from other Federal, State or Local Agencies for Work Described in This Application.
AGENCY TYPE APPROVAL* IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DATE APPLIED DATE APPROVED DATE DENIED
*Would include but is not restricted to zoning, building and flood plain permits
26. Application is hereby made for a permit or permits to authorize the work described in this application. I certify that the information in this
application is complete and accurate. I further certify that I possess the authorit underta the work described herein cr am acting as the
duly authorized agent of the applicant.
p fJ 10/11/06 10/11/06
SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT DP,TE SIG ATURE OF AGENT DATE
The application must be signed by the person who desires to undertake the proposed activity (applicant) or it may be signed by a duly
authorized agent if the statement in block 11 has been filled out and signed.
]8 U.S.C. Section 1001 provides that: Whoever, in any manner within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States
knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up any trick, scheme, or disguises a material fact or makes any false, fictitious or
fraudulent statements or representations or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing same to contain any false, fictitious or
fraudulent statements or entry, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years or both.

PROJECT: Garnet Ridge Preserve
Garnet Road
Savannah Township
Jackson County, NC
OWNER/DEWELOPER: Longbranch Properties, LLC
P.O. Box 142
Whittier, NC 2878.9
828/497-2772
Contact: Mike Cornblum
IMPACTS TO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES/WATERS OF THE STATE.
Stream Impact Type of Length of Stream Name Average Width Perennial or
Site Number Impact Impact of Stream Intermittent
Before Impact
1 ~'~ Road Culvert 70 If Long Branch 6" Perennial
2~~~ Road Culvert 50 If Long Branch 6" Perennial
3~'~ Road Culvert 60 If Long Branch 6" Perennial
4"~ Road Culvert 50 If Long Branch 6" Perennial
5~~~ Road Culvert 0 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
6131 Road Culvert 20 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
7~'~ Road Culvert -40 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
851 Road Culvert 30 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
9~6~ Road Culvert 50 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
10~3~ Road Culvert 20 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
11'" Road Culvert 60 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
1215 Road Culvert 10 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
13~'~ Road Culvert 60 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
1418 Road Culvert 30 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
15~9~ Road Culvert 40 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
16 Road Culvert 60 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
17 Road Culvert 40 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
18 Road Culvert 40 If Trib. to L. Branch 6" Perennial
(1) Culvert installed on land owned by U.S. Forest Service and under their direction & approval.
(2) Replaced 20 If of exist. culvert & installed 0 if of additional culvert (20 If total).
(3) Replaced 20 If of exist. culvert 8 installed 20 If of additional culvert (40 If total).
(4) Removed 100 If of exist. culvert & installed 60 If of additional culvert (60 If total).
(5) Replaced 20 If of exist. culvert & installed 30 If of additional culvert (50 If total).
(6) Replaced 20 If of exist. culvert & installed 50 If of additional culvert (70 If total).
(7) Replaced 20 If of exist. culvert & installed 60 If of additional culvert (80 If total).
(8) Replaced 40 If of exist. culvert & installed 30 If of additional culvert (70 If total).
(9) Replaced 40 If of exist. culvert & installed 40 If of additional culvert (80 If total).
Cumulative culvert/stream impacts on U.S. Forest Service land: 230 If
Cumulative culvert/stream impacts on Garnet Ridge Preserve land: 380 If
Total cumulative culvert/stream impacts: 610 If

IMPACT JUSTIFICATION (AVOIDANCE AND MINIMIZATION).
An easement across Forest Service land is the only access to the site from Garnet road (which served
several former homesites). An existing unimproved road crossed Long Branch twice with no culverts. To
minimize disturbance to the stream and site, the existing road bed was improved with culvert crossings
to county subdivision road standards. The road alignment and stream crossings followed the previously
approved roadway drawings that vrere given to the present owner by tl~e previous property owner. The
Owner mistakenly assumed that all requisite permits were in place when the approved erosion control
permit and Forest Service encroachment agreement was transferred to Longbranch Properties, LLC from
the prior owner. The existing logging roads and stream crossings were incorporated into tl~e road and lot
layout to minimize site and stream disturbance.
Erosion control measures and storm drainage pipes have been installed to prevent further sedimentation
of Long Branch and its tributaries. Restoration work will be performed in the dry to prevent
sedimentation downstream. Long Branch will be piped during the placement of boulders and the
installation of the drop/pools.
MITIGATION.
Description of Proposed Work.
1. Restore 100 If of tributary to Long Branch by removing existing 12" cmp and
reestablishing stream channel with drops and pools.
2. Restore 100 If of Long Branch by installing boulder drop/pools and boulder
streambank stabilization and grading to improve flood-prone area.
3. Enhance 180 If of tributary to Long Branch by replanting trout buffer.
4. Enhance 420 If of long Branch by replanting trout buffer.
5. Remove deposited sediment (by hand) 1500 If of Long Branch.
The following table summarizes the mitigation requirements:
Stream Mitigation
Activity Mitigation Activity
Multiplier Linear feet of Planned
Mitigation Activity Mitigation
Work
Credited
Long Branch Enhancement II 0.3 170 If 51 If
Long Branch Restoration 1.25 290 If 362 If
Lon Branch Enhancement 0.3 15001f 4501f
Unnamed Tributaries to
Long Branch Enhancement II 0.3 385 If 115 If
Unnamed Tributary to
Long Branch Restoration 1.25 235 If 294 If
TOTAL 1,272 If
The mitigation plan is as follows:

Long Branch
Long Branch is a second order stream. The stream channel is unstable with down cutting
streambed and undercutting and collapsing stream banks where the stream passes through an
area that was clear cut by a prior property owner.
The Owner proposes restoring 235 If of strearY~ to create a stable channel. The restored stream
will be constructed as a Type'B' stream. Boulder. drop structures will be installed to create step
pools to flatten the stream gradient and reduce the water velocity. The stream banks will be laid
back to improve the flood-prone area. Boulders will be installed to stabilize the stream banks.
Long Branch will be piped temporarily during construction of the new channel to prevent
sedimentation downstream.
The Owner proposes enhancing 385 If of stream to provide shade cover and a vegetative buffer
for the stream. Riparian vegetation will be planted within the 25' buffer on both sides of the
stream.
The Owner proposes enhancing 1500 If of stream by removing deposited sediment in the stream.
The sediment was deposited by earthwork activities by the present and previous property owner.
The sediment will be removed by hand using shovels and 5 gal. buckets and placed on high
ground and stabilized with permanent vegetation.
Please refer to attached restoration and enhancement plans.
Unnamed Tributaries to Lon Bg ranch
Unnamed tributaries to Long Branch are first order streams. The unnamed tributary that runs
through the clubhouse site originates from springheads 1500' upstream from the confluence with
Long Branch. The stream was piped for 100 If with 12" crnp by a prior property owner. An
existing logging road which has been unproved as a driveway crosses the stream above the
clubhouse site.
The Owner proposes to restore 185 If of stream by removing the existing culvert and rerouting the
stream to create a stable channel. The restored stream will be constructed as a Type'B' stream.
Boulder drop structures will be installed to create step pools to flatten the stream gradient and
reduce the water velocity. The proposed channel will be constructed prior to diverting the water
from the existing stream channel into the new stream channel. Riparian vegetation will be
planted within the 25' trout buffer on both sides of the stream.
The Owner proposes to enhance 135 If of stream contiguous to the clubhouse site where the
strearnbank is unstable by installing a boulder wall. Riparian vegetation will be planted within
the 25' trout buffer on both sides of the stream.
The Owner proposes to enhance 50 If of stream k~elow the driveway crossing and to restore 50 If
of stream above the driveway crossing. The enhancement involves planting riparian vegetation
within the disturbed 25' trout buffer and cleaning out deposited sediment in the stream pools.
The restoration involves constructing a stone headwall at the culvert inlet and installing several
drop/pools with boulders to flatten tl~e stream gradient and reduce tl~e water velocity. The
tributary will be piped around the restoration area during construction of the drop/pools and
headwall. Riparian vegetation will be planted within the disturbed 25' trout buffer.

The Owner proposes to enhance 250 If of unnamed tributaries at existing stream crossings where
the 25' trout buffer was disturbed. Riparian vegetation will be planted within the 25' trout buffer
on both sides of the stream.
The Owner proposes to stabilize the outlets of piped stream crossings by installing a boulder
under the outlet of the pipe. A drop/pool will also be constructed at the outlet to pond 6" depth
of stream in the culvert and to reduce the velocity pf the water leaving the culvert.
Please refer to attached restoration and enhancement plan.
MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS (LEVEL 11)
Process:
The longitudinal profile and pool and riffle cross-sections were shot by a surveyor under the
direction of Robert Grasso. Parts of the longitudinal profile reflect the stream restoration work
that was done to stabilize the stream below the culvert where the stream was down cutting.
Summary:
For the most part the existing and restored reaches of the Long Branch reflect an 'A4' type stream.
I based that on the width/depth ratio, sinuosity and stream slope. However, the entrenchment
ratio correlates to a 'B' type stream. The pebble count was somewhat compromised because of
the sedimentation that had taken place (which was cleaned up by hand this past summer). The
restored stream is stable and invertebrates were present when I conducted the morphological
analysis.
Please refer to the attached Morphological Measurement Table.

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September 26, 2006
Kevin Barnett
Division of V`Jater Quality
Surface Water Protection Section
NCDENR
2090 U.S. Hwy. 70
Swannanoa, NC 28778
RE: Garnet Ridge Preserve
Jackson County, NC
Dear Mr. Barnett:
This letter serves as a response to the Notice of Violation, dated August 1, 2006.
Enclosed you will find the NPDES storm water records as required for the period beginning the
week of March 1, 2004 through September 24, 2006. In addition please find a copy of the
Section 404 and 401 permit application. The requested mitigation plan, including enhancement,
restoration and streambed cleanup, is included in the Section 404 and 401 permit application.
Much of the sediment removal from Long Branch has occurred since my receipt of the Notice of
Violation and prior to submittal of this response. Following our conversation of last week,
recognize that the approval of our proposed restoration and enhancement plans (in their entirety)
will not occur prior to our scheduled meeting on October 10`x'.
The following restoration and enhancement work for Long Branch and its unnamed tributary has
already been implemented on the recommendations by my land planner, Robert M. Grasso, Land
Planning Collaborative:
Tributary to Long Branch:
Restoration: Remove existing 12" cmp.
Widen existing stream cross-section area to improve flood prone area.
Remove accumulated sediment at pipe outlet.
Install boulder drop/pools.
Install stream bank boulders.
Enhancement: Plant riparian vegetation in 25' buffer.
Lore Branch:
Enhancement: Removal of sediment by hand using shovels and S gal. buckets.

Mr. Kevin Barnett
September 26, 2006
Page 2
Following our on-site meeting, I propose the following restoration and enhancement
implementation schedule for Long Branch and its unnamed tributary:
Tributa~ to Long Branch: October 10`r' - 15`h (weather permitting):
March 15`x' - Apri 115`h, 2007
Restoration: Any additional work required by you.
Enhancement: Any additional planting required by you.
Long_Branch: October 10`x' - 15`r' (weather permitting):
March 15`h - Apri 115'h, 2007
Restoration: Widen existing stream cross-section area to improve flood prone area.
Install boulder drop/pools.
install stream bank boulders.
Any additional work required by you.
Enhancement: Plant riparian vegetation in 25' buffer.
Removal of any additional sediment by hand using shovels and 5 gal.
buckets as required by you.
Any additional work required by you.
I look forward to meeting with you on October 10'r'. If you require any additional information,
please contact me at 828/497-2772.
Regards,
LONGBRANCH PROPERTIES, LLC
Michael Cornblum
Managing Member
cc: Danny Smith,
DWQ NPS Assistance and Compliance Oversight
Enclosures